Shirt



(No Model.)

B. P. MILLER.

SHIRT. No. 262,083. Patented Aug. 1, 1882.

' Mam UNTTED STATES I PATENT OFTT ELIZABETH P. MILLER, OF FAIRHAVEN, ASSIGNOR TO THOMAS M. DENHAM AND EDWVARD DENHAM, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHIRT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 262,083, dated August 1, 1882.

Application filed J nne 5, 1882.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ELIZABETH P. MILLER, ot'Fairhavcn, in the coun ty of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,

which form part of this specification, in

which Figure 1 is a rear view of a shirt to which strengthening-pieces are attached according to my invention; and Fig. 2 is a similar View of the back of a shirt, showing a modification in which the strengthciting-pieces form a part of the back, instead of being overlaid, as in the first view.

My invention relates to strengthening the back of a yoke-shirt for mens and boys use, where there is most wear or chafing from shoulder-braces and suspenders; and it consists in strengtheningpieces attached to or forming a part of the back of a shirt, of the 2 form and located as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the back of a shirt, and B the yoke, to which is secured the neckband O.

0 be cut for open-back shirts, as seen at w .1: in

the drawings.

D D represent two strengthenirig-pieces, of the same material as the body of the shirt, which are stitched on with the yoke, and are 5 cut to correspond and stitched with the armscyes. Below the arm-scyes they extend downward a short distance, stitched into the side seam, where the front and back of the shirt are joined, and thence return in a curve inward and upward to a point at or near the center These parts may (No model.)

line of the back at the lower edge of the yoke.

Itwill thus be seen that I provide a strengthcase the body of the back is not worn, and 4 when the pieces D are frayed out they can be removed and new ones substituted. It is obvious that the same effect may be produced by cutting the body of the back, as seen in Fig.

2, and con iplcting its forni by double thicknesses of the strengtheningpieces D, as shown.

I do not claim a narrow strip entirely around the arm-scye, nor the yoke cut to make a narrow strip entirely around, as in Patent No. 174,605, dated March 8, 1876, nor any stay in front of yoke over the breast or front of armscye; but

What I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A yoke-shirt having the back provided with separate strengthening pieces, joining the yoke on its lower edge, extending downward around the arm-scye, and thence a short distance down the side seam, and from this point, by a curve inward and upward, to or near the center of the back at the yoke, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIZABETH P. MILLER.

WVitnesses:

FREDK. DENHAM, WM. EMEaY JOHNSTON. 

